Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader

Deepak Sarma Completes The First Outline In More Than Fifty Years Of India's Key Philosophical Traditions, Inventively Sourcing Seminal Texts And Clarifying Language, Positions, And Issues. Organized By Tradition, The Volume Covers Six Schools Of Orthodox Hindu Philosophy: Mimamsa (the Study Of The Earlier Vedas, Later Incorporated Into Vedanta), Vedanta (the Study Of The Later Vedas, Including The Bhagavad Gita And The Upanishads), Sankhya (a Form Of Self-nature Dualism), Yoga (a Practical Outgrowth Of Sankhya), And Nyaya And Vaisesika (two Forms Of Realism). It Also Discusses Jain Philosophy And The Mahayana Buddhist Schools Of Madhyamaka And Yogacara. Sarma Maps Theories Of Knowledge, Perception, Ontology, Religion, And Salvation, And He Details Central Concepts, Such As The Pramanas (means Of Knowledge), Pratyaksa (perception), Drayvas (types Of Being), Moksa (liberation), And Nirvana. Selections And Accompanying Materials Inspire A Reassessment Of Long-held Presuppositions And Modes Of Thought, And Accessible Translations Prove The Modern Relevance Of These Enduring Works. Cārvāka : From Mādhavācarya's Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha ; Śaṃkārācārya's Sarvasiddhānta-saṃgraha -- Buddhism: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra -- Yogācāra Buddhism: Vasubandhu's Viṃśatika Kārikā And Vṛtti -- Madhyamaka Buddhism: Nāgārjuna's Vigrahavyāvartanī -- Jainism: From Hemacandra's Yogaśāstra ; From Samantabhadra's Āptamīmāṃsā -- Nyāya: From Gautama's Nyāya Sūtras ; From Uddyotakara's Nyāya-vārttika -- Vaiśeṣika: Kāṇada's Vaiśeṣika Sūtras ; From Śrīdhara's Nyāya-kandalī -- Sāmkhya: Īśvarakṛṣṇa's Sāṃkhya-kārikā -- Yoga: Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras -- Mīmāmsā: From Śabara's Śabara-bhāṣya -- Advaita Vedānta: From Śaṃkārācārya's Brahma Sūtra-bhāṣya -- Viśiṣtādvaita Vedānta: From Rāmānujācārya's Vedārthasaṃgraha -- Mādhva Vedānta: Madhvācārya's Māyāvādakhaṇḍana ;madhvācārya's Updhikhcārya's Dhikhaṇḍana ; From Madhvācārya's Viṣṇutattva(vi)nirṇaya. Deepak Sarma. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-238) And Index.